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er - before congratulating this masterful chess move or whatever, please note that Zelensky has been asking Xi for a phone call throughout the past year and not had one

And before you try to do him down, this is a public invitation, already accepted by 3/5 permanent SC countries, Xi will almost certainly also turn it down but it will undermine China’s effort to appear as an honest broker…..
 
And before you try to do him down, this is a public invitation, already accepted by 3/5 permanent SC countries, Xi will almost certainly also turn it down but it will undermine China’s effort to appear as an honest broker…..
Spot on Pete. Totally called Xi out on this one. Now let’s see how serious he really is about his so-called peace deal.
 
And before you try to do him down, this is a public invitation, already accepted by 3/5 permanent SC countries, Xi will almost certainly also turn it down but it will undermine China’s effort to appear as an honest broker…..

Again pete - Xi has not had a phone call with Zelensky, despite repeated requests, in a year. Xi not visiting him either is going to do nothing to convince anyone of anything.

To suggest otherwise - that the rest of the world is going to suddenly have a lightbulb appear over the heads - is utter fantastical thinking.
 
Again pete - Xi has not had a phone call with Zelensky, despite repeated requests, in a year. Xi not visiting him either is going to do nothing to convince anyone of anything.

To suggest otherwise - that the rest of the world is going to suddenly have a lightbulb appear over the heads - is utter fantastical thinking.

No one has suggested a ‘world’ lightbulb moment. I said it will undermine China’s effort to appear as an honest broker, and it will….
 
Again pete - Xi has not had a phone call with Zelensky, despite repeated requests, in a year. Xi not visiting him either is going to do nothing to convince anyone of anything.

To suggest otherwise - that the rest of the world is going to suddenly have a lightbulb appear over the heads - is utter fantastical thinking.
How do you know who has and has not called Xi?
 
I hope Xi Jinping takes him up on his offer. Perhaps a ceasefire during his visit and potentially beyond. That could be arranged with his influence in Russia.

However I don't really think that Zelensky or his support in the west would be totally 100% behind any peace agreement found with China as the deal broker, but it might well be a peace that's kept and one that rehabilitate our relationship with Russia too - and in the long run that's what is needed to ensure this never happens again.
 
I really don’t get what’s difficult to understand about it.

It’s simply a public bluff-call of an insidious individual (or state) who’s attempting to cast himself as a peacemaker.
In a nutshell yes.

What about China calls for Zelensky and Putin (or their represeations) to come together in a neutral state, perhaps with neutral UN observers. That would be a bluff call that might move things on.

Getting China to a negotiating chamber as facilitator might also help with easing tensions over in the east with Taiwan.
 
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